Companies Composite. Product Details 1. Overview. Performance Data. Value Equity September 30, Product Profile

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1 Smaller Companies Composite Value Equity Product Profile Product Details 1 Strategy Assets $552,294, Inception Date 06/30/2001 Base Currency USD Investment Style Value Overview Our time-tested investment approach focuses on identifying stocks trading at a significant discount to their longer-term business value based on our estimates of future normalized earnings and cash flow generation. We utilize a disciplined, consistent investment process that is based on our philosophy of value, patience and bottom-up stock picking. s long-term perspective and in-depth research give us the insight and conviction to purchase out-of-favor securities and the patience to wait for potential value recognition. Performance Data Average Annual Total Returns (USD %) 2 3 Mths YTD 1 Yr 3 Yrs 5 Yrs 10 Yrs Since Inception (06/30/2001) Composite - GROSS Composite - NET MSCI All Country World ex-us Small Cap Index % 40% 20% 0% Mths YTD 1 Yr 3 Yrs 5 Yrs 10 Yrs Since Inception Composite - GROSS Composite - NET Calendar Year Returns (USD %) Smaller Companies Composite - GROSS Smaller Companies Composite - NET MSCI All Country World ex-us Small Cap Index Effective December 10, 2013, the strategy closed to new investors with limited exceptions. Existing investors may continue to invest in their accounts. 2. Periods of more than one year are annualized. Past performance is not an indicator or a guarantee of future performance.

2 Portfolio Manager Insight Market Review Global equity markets rose during the third quarter, boosted by continued signs of synchronized global economic growth. Despite rising tension around North Korea s missile program, which led to periodic moves into perceived safe-haven assets, markets appeared to focus more attention on encouraging economic data from developed and emerging markets alike. Investors also weighed statements from central banks in the United States, Europe and Canada regarding the timing of interest-rate increases. Emerging stock markets, as measured by MSCI indexes, collectively topped their developedmarket peers. China s first-half 2017 GDP growth was impressive, but economic data during the third quarter, while strong, decelerated somewhat. The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged during the third quarter and announced it would begin to gradually unwind its balance sheet in October. Europe s second-quarter GDP grew solidly year-on-year in both the eurozone and the European Union. Performance Review The composite slightly underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World ex USA Small Cap Index, in the third quarter, primarily due to stock selection in the information technology, health care and materials sectors. Stock selection in the industrials and consumer discretionary sectors contributed to relative performance for the quarter. We have been finding select opportunities in the industrials sector, particularly among companies benefiting from restructuring or exposure to end markets with better growth prospects such as aerospace/defense and industrial automation. We have avoided expensive companies that fail to reflect the maturity of their business cycles or that reflect excessive optimism with regard to sustainable growth rates and returns. Regionally, the composite benefited from stock selection in Europe. We have remained positive on the progress underway in the eurozone. Corporate earnings have been recovering from a low base, with analysts upgrading Europe s earnings estimates in 2017 by the most since the initial recovery from the global financial crisis. The macro backdrop also has continued to improve, with policy still supportive, pro-european candidates gaining or retaining power in recent elections, the recapitalized banking system functioning well and both hard and soft economic data indicating an ongoing recovery. Despite such progress, regional equities still looked cheap to us at period-end, trading near their lowest cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio relative to that of the United States. Stock selection in Asia, particularly Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, detracted from relative performance for the period. Despite legacy concerns and continued challenges in many Asian markets, corporate governance in the region is slowly modernizing, managements are engaging more with minority (and foreign) shareholders, and transparency, liquidity and market access have all improved. In addition, economic growth in emerging Asia has remained structurally higher than in many other regions. Outlook and Strategy Despite what has been a broadly sustained bull market in risk assets, we are excited that we still have been able to find investment themes and styles that look poised for recovery. Within sectors like health care, energy, materials, financials, telecommunications and technology, superb bottom-up values can still be found, in our analysis. We believe value investing as a style has remained depressed and ripe for recovery, as does the discipline of active management more generally as falling market correlations create a better backdrop for stockpickers. In our view, stock selection and portfolio positioning will be key to seizing the opportunities and avoiding the pitfalls that can unfold as market conditions evolve and long-standing market trends begin to inflect. At, we believe our patient, fundamentally focused value discipline has positioned our portfolios well for what is to come. Portfolio Characteristics 3,4 Portfolio MSCI AC World ex U.S. Small Cap Index Price to Earnings (12 Month Trailing) 17.37x 21.00x Price to Book Value 1.98x 1.64x Price to Cash Flow 10.21x 11.07x Market Capitalization (Millions in USD) 2,575 2,375 Number of Issuers Dividend Yield 2.09% 2.23% Number of issuers based on a representative portfolio in the composite. Securities will vary among individual accounts in the composite ftinstitutional.com 2

3 Portfolio Diversification Geographic Weightings vs. MSCI AC World ex U.S. Small Cap Index 5 Percent of Total EUROPE ASIA NORTH AMERICA L. AMERICA/CARIBBEAN CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS % 25% 50% Composite Sector Weightings vs. MSCI AC World ex U.S. Small Cap Index 5 Percent of Total Consumer Discretionary Industrials Financials Information Technology Consumer Staples Health Care Materials Real Estate Energy Telecommunication Services Utilities Cash & Cash Equivalents % 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% Composite Top Ten Holdings 6 Percent of Total Top Holdings Sector Country % RATIONAL AG Capital Goods Germany 2.02 TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO LTD Consumer Durables & Apparel Hong Kong 1.95 INTERPUMP GROUP SPA Capital Goods Italy 1.92 BUCHER INDUSTRIES AG Capital Goods Switzerland 1.89 THULE GROUP AB/THE Consumer Durables & Apparel Sweden 1.88 DEWAN HOUSING FINANCE CORP Banks India 1.80 LTD JENOPTIK AG Technology Hardware & Equipment Germany 1.77 MEITEC CORP Commercial & Professional Services Japan 1.72 TECHNOGYM SPA Consumer Durables & Apparel Italy 1.70 KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD Household & Personal Products Japan 1.68 ftinstitutional.com 3

4 Supplemental Performance Statistics Supplemental Performance Statistics (USD) 7,8 3 Yrs 5 Yrs 10 Yrs Since Inception Standard Deviation (%) Composite MSCI All Country World ex-us Small Cap Index Tracking Error (%) Information Ratio Beta Sharpe Ratio Composite MSCI All Country World ex-us Small Cap Index Historical Long-term Performance Quarterly rolling five-year gross returns in USD (%) since 06/30/2001 as of 09/30/2017 Composite Investment Philosophy utilizes a disciplined, consistent approach based on three timeless principles of investing: Value Patience Bottom-up stock picking Our flexible approach is applied within a disciplined framework and seeks to identify companies trading at large discounts to their business value. Our long-term focus gives us a framework to take advantage of price volatility to reveal potential longterm investment opportunities. Patience allows for potential long-term value recognition. Our portfolio management process seeks to buy pessimism and sell optimism. We build portfolios spanning regions and sectors made up of securities identified through this process. Investment Process Identify Potential Bargains Experienced analysts Focus on global industry sectors Quantitative and qualitative assessment Identify material ESG issues In-Depth Fundamental Analysis Five-year financial forecasts Management/supplier/ competitive evaluation Recommendation of Bargain List candidates Research Team Evaluation Presentation of investment thesis Investment debate and critique: Devil s Advocate ESG Devil s Advocate Director of research approval Bottom-Up Portfolio Construction Investment parameters Industry and sector framework Build and diversify portfolio Long-term approach: 20% historical turnover Portfolio Monitoring and Risk Management Ongoing valuation analysis Ongoing ESG monitoring Disciplined sell methodology Weekly peer review and risk analytics TEMPLETON S BOTTOM-UP STOCK SELECTION PROCESS 10. Historical turnover is based on s experience as a Firm, over a five-year period as of most recent quarter end. The turnover is a byproduct of s long-term approach to managing portfolios, but various factors, such as a portfolio s specific investment guidelines and market or economic conditions may cause actual portfolio turnover to vary. For more information regarding an individual strategy s historical turnover ratio please contact your Franklin marketing representative. 7. Risk statistics are calculated using gross of fees composite performance. 8. Beta, Information Ratio and Tracking Error information are measured against the. ftinstitutional.com 4

5 Investment Team Small Cap Equity Management Team Years with Firm Years Experience Norman Boersma, CFA, Chief Investment Officer Heather Arnold, CFA, EVP, Director of Research, Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst Cindy Sweeting, CFA, EVP, Director of Portfolio Management, Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst Global Equity Team Number of Members Average Years Experience Portfolio Managers/Analysts Research Analysts Additional Resources Global Research Library Junior Research Analysts Global Portfolio Compliance Performance Analysis and Investment Risk Group Product Managers Years with Firm Years Experience Ann Reitman, CFA Iris Glikin, CFA ftinstitutional.com 5

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